>Thanks. Is the usbprog2 well ESD protected? I took a quick
>look at the schematic and I see some resistors on the PGD
>and PGC lines, but not much other protection. I know from
>experience that ESD can jump across physically-small resistors.

>From what I remember of your original post, I suspect that you need to get 
the field guys to take rudimentary ESD precautions anyway, like wear an ESD 
strap that they connect to the chassis of the equipment they are dealing 
with, and maybe even modify the programmer so it has a grounding line with a 
series resistor and crocodile clip to do likewise before they plug it into 
the equipment being programmed. Otherwise no amount of ESD protection in the 
equipment or programmer is going to stop a failure at the most embarrassing 
moment. 

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